Freshman Year Catch Up: Semester 2

Second Semester
The second semester didn't suck for me as much as the first, at least academic wise. I managed to raise my grades high enough to pass the 2.0 required gpa but my cumulative grade wasn't good enough to get off academic probation. I managed to go to my classes for the most part and I had classes I actually liked. My college algebra professor was by far my favorite(oh how much I love old people). He was funny and made the class much easier for everyone. I also took sign language with another older lady as my professor, who seemed to be happy all the time, making it a lot easier for her students to feel comfortable standing in front of class. I got A's in both classes, oh how I love getting A's in classes I love.

I had a downfall with one of my friends I had met here during this semester. Her and my brother started daring and it made me feel like I was all alone because I had no one else to hang out with. At this time me and my friend from home weren't as close as we are now. I started to become distant from my brother and my friend because I        
can't be friends with someone who dates my brother. I just have some issues with things like that.

This is when I started to hang out with different people. I didn't want to be like a depressed person, its not me. I started hanging out with my other friend from Saint Rose who had a dislike for my brother's girlfriend because they were roommates and didn't get along so well. Me and her had so many things in common which is why I believe we are still friends to this day. I met some new people who went to school with my friend from home. They seemed pretty cool but they were way more outgoing and out there if you know what I mean. They were unlike any of the friends i've ever had, in a good way.

I generally had a good second semester.

Freshman Year Catch Up: Semester 1

To start off i'm writing this blog in my sophomore year. To catch everyone up on my road to discovery and college experience, i'll be writing about my freshman year and the struggles and good times I had at Saint Rose.

First Semester
The first week of school was a lot easier leaving home than I thought. I didn't really miss home or my family. This school made it easy for me to be away from home, it has a home like feeling other than my dorm building looking like mental hospital with the white walls and everything. I wanted to be as involved as i could that first week to keep my mind on not missing home. I went to some of the events during our week of welcome. I met a few people i'd be later friends with when i went to Reach Out Saint Rose our school wide volunteer program that is once a year on the second or third weekend of the fall semester.

So back to my first semester. I got along with my roommate pretty well but I would get aggravated because she slept all the time, meaning eating dinner all by myself some nights. She was pretty cool other than that and I was happy we got along. A few weeks into school I made friends who some i'm still friends with now. They seemed to be pretty cool and I got along with them quite well.

For the first month or so I attended all my classes except one which ill explain in a second. Classes at 8am kill me and I had them 3 days a week and the other 2 days my classes started at 9:25. So back to me missing my one class. It was our fist official psych class after labor day and I was heading to class with my paper and when I got to the building it was in I completely forgot what number the room was. I felt really stupid so i went back to my room and emailed the professor that I had to miss the class.

Skipping to the end of the semester, I didn't do well with classes which I ended up on academic probation which i'm not proud of at all. I worked hard the beginning of the semester but by the end I wanted nothing to do with classes.

To say the least, my first semester sucked for me.